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The Current State of Linux Video Editing

Posted by Soulskill on from the stop-motion-tux dept.

An anonymous reader writes: The VFX industry has for most of the last 30 years been reliant on Macs and Windows machines for video editing, primarily because all of the Linux-based FOSS tools have been less than great. This is a shame, because all of the best 3D and 2D tools, other than video, are entrenched in the Linux environment and perform best there. The lack of decent video editing tools on Linux prevents every VFX studio from becoming a Linux-only shop. That being said, there are some strides being made to bridge this gap. What setup do you use? What's still missing?

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  1. Kdenlive is getting stable by bill_mcgonigle · · Score: 4, Funny

    Tried it again recently, and I was able to add a four-minute video from my phone, cut out a chunk, add a transition and a fade-in and fade out, and took me less than half an hour.

    It's true, that would have taken me five minutes in iMovie in 2000, but at least it didn't crash, which is what happened every previous time I've tried that.

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  2. I use Open Office by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I hand draw each scene then patch them all together.

  3. Maybe its time for a change. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe its time to try something new, can SystemD help with this?

  4. Re:Blender FTW by andyhhp · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now all I need is a 10 button mouse and an interface reference!